Enrollment for Science and Astronomy Olympiads

Stage 1 National Standard Examinations (NSE)

NSEP,
NSEC, NSEB, NSEA and NSEJS is the first stage of the
Olympiad Program in the respective subject.

Note: From the year 2010-11, HBCSE will not be
responsible for organizing and sending the team to International
Astronomy Olympiad-Junior (IAO - Jr) and hence, there is no separate
NSEA (Jr.) examination. Indian participation in IAO (Jr) may be
organized by National Council of Science Museums. Students interested in
participating in IAO (Jr.) are advised to appear for NSEJS.

To enroll for NSEs, find out whether your school/college is a
registered centre from the principal and/or the head of department.
(Each registered centre may be an examination centre for all the five
subjects). If so, enroll your name by paying the required fees by the due
date. Your school/college will give you all the necessary instructions
pertaining to NSEs.

If your school/college is not a Registered NSE Centre, look for a
nearby Registered NSE Centre for enrollment. It may help if you visit IAPT website.
This website displays the list of centres registered last year. There
may be a few additions/deletions in the list of centres in the current
year. If you have any queries about NSEs or if you have any difficulty
in getting enrolled for these examinations, you should contact the
following persons:

Candidates who have represented India in the International Olympiad
(IPhO, IChO, IBO, IOAA, IJSO, APhO, and IAO-Jr) in the previous year, need not appear for the first stage NSE
examination in the respective subject. They may be allowed on request to the
respective National Coordinator, to directly appear for the second stage Indian
National Olympiad (INO) examination provided they satisfy other eligibility
criteria such as age, pre-college status, etc. applicable for the respective Subjects.

There will be no other exemption
for selection to the Indian National Olympiad Examinations (INOs).

Please do not contact HBCSE in connection with Stage I enrollment, since
this is entirely supervised by IAPT. All queries addressed to HBCSE in
connection with NSEs will be forwarded to the above mentioned persons
for reply. However, if you have any general queries, you may contact
the following:

Prof. Anwesh Mazumdar

National Co-ordinator
Science Olympiads

Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR)

V.N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd
Mumbai - 400 088.

Tel : 022-2548 2104 (Direct); 2507 2322 (Board)

Fax : 022-2556 6635 or 2556 6803

Students should give the following details in their letter or email :

Name:/ age: /sex:

Address with pin code:

Telephone/fax number:

Name of the school/college:

Class in which studying:

Examination Fees to be paid to the Centres

Examination

Fee

NSEP

Rs.100/- per candidate

NSEC

Rs.100/- per candidate

NSEB

Rs.100/- per candidate

NSEA

Rs.100/- per candidate

NSEJS

Rs.100/- per candidate

Date of National Standard Examinations : 23 November
2014 (Sunday)

Time:

Examination

Time

NSEP

09:30 am to 11:30 am

NSEC

12:30 pm to 02:30 pm

NSEB

03:00 pm to 05:00 pm

NSEA

03:00 pm to 05:00 pm

NSEJS

03:00 pm to 05:00 pm

Last Date for Enrollment for NSE: 15th
September 2014

PLEASE
DO NOT CONTACT HBCSE IN THIS CONNECTION. ALL QUERIES ADDRESSED TO
HBCSE IN CONNECTION WITH NSEs WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE ABOVE
MENTIONED PERSON FOR REPLY.

Stage
II Indian National Olympiad Examinations

Indian
National Olympiads will be held in chemistry, biology, astronomy and
junior science. They will be organized by HBCSE*. These examinations
are held at about 15 centres in the country. The dates and schedule
of these examinations will be communicated in the first week of
January to the eligible students selected from Stage I examinations.
They will also be announced on the website:
http://olympiads.hbcse.tifr.res.in.
Please note that hard copy of the selection letter sent by postal
communication (normally speed post) is to be taken as official and
not the announcement on the website. HBCSE will not be responsible
for postal delays or delays due to incomplete, illegible/incorrect
addresses provided by students, or any other reasons beyond HBCSE’s
control. As far as possible the National Olympiads in different
subjects are held on separate days/timings so that a student who is
eligible to appear for more than one subject can do so. Students
appearing for INPhO/INChO/INBO/INAO/INJSO are eligible for TA/DA as
per the norms of the programme.

*Since HBCSE is the
nodal centre for hosting IPhO 2015, the Second stage (INPhO)
examination and the third stage (OCSC -Physics) will be organized by
IAPT- APhO Cell in Delhi.

Eligibility
for Stage II:

The
aim of the first stage examination is to have a wide reach, to
progressively increase this reach and to attain nationwide
representation for Stage II without overly compromising on merit.
Hence the selection for the Stage II examinations i.e. Indian
National Olympiad Examinations (INOs) is based on the following
scheme.

Eligibility
Clause: To be
eligible for the Stage II INO exam leading to the International
Olympiad, a candidate must secure a score equal to or greater than a
Minimum Admissible Score (MAS). The MAS for a given subject will be
50% of the average of the top ten scores in that subject rounded off
to the nearest lower integer.

Merit
Index Clause: There
will be a high score called the Merit Index (MI) associated with
each subject in Olympiads. The MI in a subject is defined as 80% of
the average of the top ten scores in that subject rounded off to the
nearest lower integer. All students with a score greater than merit
index MI for the subject will automatically qualify for INO Stage II
examination in that subject. For example, if the average of top ten
scores in a certain subject is 92, then 80% of this is 73.6. Then
the MI in that subject will be 73. All candidates with a score
equal to or above 73 in that subject will automatically qualify for
INO stage II.

Proportional
Representation Clause:
Students from all States and UTs need to be encouraged to appear for
the first stage examination and a nationwide representation for INO
Stage II is desirable. The quota for each State/UT used in National
Talent Search Examination (NTSE) 2013-14, a nationwide competitive
examination will be used as the baseline for calculating the number
of students qualifying for Stage II INO in every subject from
centres in that State or UT. Suppose the NTSE quota is S for a
State, and the total for all States and UTs is T, then the total
number of students to be selected to INO Stage II from that State
would be S/T times 300, rounded off to the nearest higher integer.
This number will include those selected on the basis of the Merit
Index. In the event of tie at the last position in the list, all
students with same marks at this position will qualify to appear for
the INO Stage II examination. The selected students must
nevertheless satisfy the eligibility clause. The number to be
selected from all the centres in each State or UT will be displayed
on the IAPT and HBCSE websites. List can be accessed here.

Minimum
Representation Clause:
Notwithstanding the proportional representation clause the number of
students selected for INO from each State and UT must be at least
one, provided that the eligibility clause is satisfied.

The above criteria are
illustrated with the following examples:

Let
the quota on the basis of the Proportional Representation Clause (c)
for a State S1 be 20. Suppose the number of students satisfying the
Merit Index Clause (b) in a subject is 10. These 10 students will
qualify for the second stage INO exam in the given subject and an
additional 10 students from the State S1 in the given subject will
be selected merit-wise, provided they satisfy the Eligibility Clause
(a).

Let
the quota on the basis of the Proportional Representation Clause (c)
for a State S1 be 20. Suppose the number of students satisfying the
Merit Index Clause (b) in a subject is 30. In this case, all 30
students will qualify for the second stage INO exam in the given
subject, and there will be no further selection from the State S1.

Candidates
who have represented India in the International Olympiad on a
previous ocassion (IPhO, IChO, IBO, IOAA and IJSO) need not appear
for the first stage NSE examination in the respective subject.
Candidates who have represented India in the Asian Physics Olympiad
(APhO) and the International Astronomy Olympiad Junior (IAO-Jr) need
not appear for the 1st stage NSEP and NSEA Examinations respectively.
Those candidates who thus qualify to skip the 1st
stage NSEs may be allowed, on written request, to the respective
National Coordinator, to directly appear for the second stage Indian
National Olympiad (INO) examination, provided they satisfy other
eligibility criteria such as age, pre-college status, etc.

There
will be no other criterion or provision for selection to the Indian
National Olympiad Examinations (INOs).